River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-03
A POWERFUL TEACHER.
New Beauty aud Power Given TO Truth by
Good Example.

New Beauty aud Power Given TO Truth by
Good Example.
If people saw the excellences of
character and initiated them, we
would not need to be very careful of
our example; but unfortunately for us.
.he crooked things in our lives are
more apt to $, cure the imitation of
others than the things that are entire
y correct. A gentleman sent a
cracked plate to China a. n sample of
the plates he wanted, and the Chinese
initiated it perfectly, for every plate
le received from them had the crack
n it. So in initiating our fellow men
We are apt TO get their imperfections
n our own lives.
The good instruction will not coun-
,eract the bad examp G. The littls
child said to the father who was trying
to teach him 10 pray: why do you
want me topraH paP Inever see you
pay"
/ The bad example weakens every
/ other kind of instruction. The best
/ Instruction loses ali its force when com
I municated by persons whose lives do
not correspond with it. For that reason
The life of the ministry and the char
acier of the teacher should harmonic
with the truths they would impart.
The immoral teacher ought to be as
rare as the immoral clergyman. Nor
can the parent who would impart re-
iigious knowledge to his children be
regardless of his character. Saws
Tilotson: TO give children good in
struction and bad examples. is but
backoning TO them wi h the head to
show them the way to Heaven, while
you take them by the hand to lead
them in the way of hell. -
A good example gives new beauty
and power, to truth. Ii was said to
DIR. Goodell the missionary: The
daily walk of s,yh men as yourself
shows wha, mora! beauty there is in
The true Christian character An
lglish nobleman leaving the house
where the pious Feneloa resided, re-
marko d: Il could stay no longer. If
did / should become pious in spite of
myself. II was said of John Keble,
author of the Christian Year" "The
holiness and consistency of his daily
life were so marve 'ous, that it was inn
possible to live under his roof without
receiving profounder impressions of
the power of religion"
Said Hume, the in fidel, of an earn
rst Christian young man: There is
an argume 1T for Christianity which
can not answer. l have rs 1 think,
f.tirly met and answered every other
argument. But that young mars
consistent life is some thing which l
do not pretend TO answer" Says
Chrisilieb: 1.-The strongest argument
for the truth of Carts ianity is The
true Christian. the man filed with
the spirit of Christ"
1t may seem hard for us to live up
to our own resolutions and teachings
on this subj ct. but it is worth a trial.
We have the theory, and if we should
put it into practice it will give in
creased power t. all we teach and do.
When we find character where this
correspondence of teaching and life is
seen, we ought to ppreciate it. Such
II man must make an impression for
good upon others. Dr. Gdthrie. the
eminent Scotch minister. tells the inn
pressions he received from car
driver when asked to drink. who said:
Il am teetotal II. and won't taste a
drop Of it," Said he: "Well, that
stuck in my throat, and it went to my
heart. and to my head. He was
humble, uneultivated. un 'ducated car
man. and | said, if that man can deny
himself this indulgence, why should
not The Christian ministcr?'
Bunyan saws: 'Dost thou see a
soul that has the image of God in him?
Love him, love him. This man and
must go TO Heaven some day. =
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